Glossary unit 5

Autonomous comunity: one of 17 regions that form part of the Spanish territory with its own devolved government.
Constitutional monarchy: a system of government in which the king is the head of state but the parliament chooses the government.
Councilors: government officials that, together with the mayor, make up the town council. The royal crown: the part of a constitutional monarchy represented by the king. Descentralise goverment: a system of government in which decision-making is devolved to a local level and therefore closer to the citizens.
Mayor: person who governs the town council of a municipality.
Ministers: government officials that, together with the president, make up the Spanish cabinet.
Motion of confidence: Cortes Generales’ request to the president to resign due to a common disagreement with the government’s politics.
Municipality: the most basic administrative body in the Spanish territory.
National sovereignity: other countries’ impossibility of having influence in a country’s laws.
Nuclear family: type of family made up of parents and children.
Self-government: a system of government in which a community or region has authority to govern itself without the intervention of any other authority.
Share authority: autonomous communities’ power of developing the laws passed by the Parliament and adapting them to their territory features.
Own council: the organization that governs each municipality in Spain.
Well being: the level of satisfaction of a population as measured by education levels, healthcare, life expectancy and consumption.